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<p class="page_title_sub style2">This document is intended to provide a condensed, step-by-step, overview of the process of creating a  course document that you can link with the MapBlog.</p>
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      <td><p class="style3"><strong>Step 1: Find your document storage space in the Team Files area in your course... </strong></p>
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          The course document(s) you link with your placemarkers on the map must be created in a special area within your course. This area is called the <strong>Team Files Area</strong> and it is found under the Communicate tab of your course.</p>
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        <p><span class="style3"><a target="_blank" href="https://esc.angellearning.com/AngelUploads/Content/EMPU-7BMPTG/team_files.png">Click here to view the image at a larger size</a></span></p>
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      <td><img alt="" src="https://esc.angellearning.com/AngelUploads/Content/EMPU-7BMPTG/team_files_edit_small.png" />&nbsp;</td>
      <td><p class="style3"><strong>Step 2: Create the document (file) that you will link&nbsp;to the MapBlog placemarker</strong></p>
        <p class="style3">The easiest way to add a document in your Team Files storage space is to use the built-in editor. A good way to do it is to write your text off-line using a word processor, and then paste the text into a new document you create in the Team Files storage space. </p>
        <p class="style3">To create a document, click your name in the&nbsp;list of teams in the Team&nbsp;Files area. This is a folder that only you have access to where you can create and save documents.</p>
        <p class="style3">Next, click the <strong>Add Content</strong> link. Options exist to allow you to create a file using the built-in editor, or you can upload a file.</p>
        <p class="style3">If you select &quot;Create A file&quot; you will need to provide a &quot;web friendly&quot; name for your file (you will be linking to this file to the MapBlog using a URL).&nbsp;<strong>Don't use&nbsp;spaces or special characters in the file name. You should add .html as the file extension on the name you provide.&nbsp;</strong>For example, if&nbsp;you are researching and writing about the Battle of The Little Bighorn an appropriate file name would be:</p>
        <p class="style3"><strong>BattleLittleBigHorn.html&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Battle_Little_Big_Horn.html<br />
        </strong>(using underscores instead of spaces - spaces are not legal characters in a URL)</p>
        <p class="style3">Having provided a name, you can enter your text using the basic editor, or you can click the &quot;HTML Editor&quot; link below the edit box to activate&nbsp;the HTML editor. The HTML editor allows you to add images, tables, and other formatting to your document. Be sure to save your file after making the edits.</p>
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      <td><p>A document link seen in the Team Files area. Click the link to open the document. Click the Edit link below to edit the document. You can also rename the document if the name you provided is not appropriate.</p>
        <p><img alt="" src="https://esc.angellearning.com/AngelUploads/Content/EMPU-7BMPTG/team_files_open.png" />&nbsp;</p></td>
      <td><p class="style3"><strong>Step 3: Get the URL of your file</strong></p>
        <p class="style3">To link your file to  the MapBlog you'll need the URL (web address) of the file. The easiest way to get the URL is to click the link to your document (file) after you save it. (this is shown at left).  </p>
        <p class="style3">This opens the file in your web browser where you can copy the URL from the address bar of the browser.</p>
        <p class="style3"><img alt="" src="https://esc.angellearning.com/AngelUploads/Content/EMPU-7BMPTG/team_files_getlink.png" /></p>
        <p class="style3"><strong>Copy the full URL - seen above in light green. This is the URL that links to your document. You will use this URL in the MapBlog to link your placemarker with your document.</strong> You can verify that you copied the URL correctly by opening a new browser window and pasting the URL in the browser. This should allow you to view the document you created outside of your course.        </p>      </td>
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      <td><img src="little_bighorm_small.png" alt="little bighorn thumb" width="320" height="207" />&nbsp;</td>
      <td><p class="style3"><strong>Step Four: Launch the MapBlog from your course assignment and add a placemark linked to your document</strong></p>
        <p class="style3">The point of creating the document is so you can link a marker in the MapBlog with that document.</p>
        <p class="style3">With the MapBlog open, click the <strong>Add a New Location</strong> link in upper right corner. This&nbsp;sets the MapBlog for adding  new placemarks.</p>
        <p class="style3">Next pan  and zoom the map until you can see the location where you want your marker to go.  Note that there are different map views, and you can use the &quot;satellite image&quot;&nbsp;view, or a standard &quot;road-map&quot; like view. This is controlled using the buttons in the upper right corner of the map. </p>
        <p class="style3">As the image shows, you can zoom in and position your marker very precisely. The marker shown in the image was placed on the map at the very location of the hill (in southwestern Montana) where most of the Seventh Cavalry died during the Battle of the Little Big Horn. </p>
        <p class="style3"><a href="little_bighorm.png" target="_blank">Click here to see the image at full size</a></p>
        <p class="style3">After you select the location on the map, enter the information needed to link your document with that marker. This includes the URL of the document, a label for your marker, and your name (no spaces: example JohnDoe)</p>
        <p class="style3">After entering the information, click the <strong>Save</strong> button. To view your new placemarker click the &quot;Return to the MapBlog&quot; link in the upper right to go back to the regular MapBlog view. When you click your placemarker, a window opens and displays the&nbsp;document you linked with the marker.</p>      </td>
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